Description
Description: RAN Tally Band – HMAS Oxley – circa 1970s
Maker’s Name: N/A
Condition: Very Good
Comments: Royal Australian Navy – Tally Band – HMAS Oxley – circa 1970s.
HMAS Oxley (S 57) was an Oberon class submarine of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
The Oberon class was based heavily on the preceding Porpoise class of submarines, with changes made to improve the vessels’ hull integrity, sensor systems, and stealth capabilities. Eight submarines were ordered for the RAN, in two batches of four. The first batch was approved in 1963, and two of the second batch were cancelled before construction started in 1969, with the funding redirected to the Fleet Air Arm. This was the fourth time the RAN had attempted to establish a submarine branch.
Oxley was laid down by Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering Company at Greenock, Scotland on 2 June 1964, launched on 24 September 1965 and commissioned into the RAN on 21 March 1967. Oxley was paid off on 13 February, 1992 and was scrapped.
